I don't think they really censored ANYTHING. Heavy Metal came to North American shores in 1977, and it was sold up with the Playboys and Penthouses, while the "regular" Comics Code comics were available on the bottom row right below, literally everywhere magazines were sold, you could find comics. Adult comics were harder to find, but they existed, even though, as I said, comics weren't really aimed at adults in North America .. until the aforementioned Heavy Metal, anyway. You could find Tintin and Asterix at the book stores. But non-Comics code stuff couldn't be full-colour (which is why the original Turtles comics are black and white).
Now? I don't think I've noticed comics for sale anywhere except for the occasional Archie at the checkout stand. And if I owned one of the last mom and pop corner stores, I probably wouldn't carry comics any more either, if I knew that they might slip in Superman buttfucking Batman or something like that. I would also expect something like Happy! to be sold at the more adult-oriented shops or general bookstores (Coles/Chapters.)
And the censorship the left is about to introduce is going to make the Code look downright tame and lenient.
I don't think they really censored ANYTHING. Heavy Metal came to North American shores in 1977, and it was sold up with the Playboys and Penthouses, while the "regular" Comics Code comics were available on the bottom row right below, literally everywhere magazines were sold, you could find comics. Adult comics were harder to find, but they existed, even though, as I said, comics weren't really aimed at adults in North America .. until the aforementioned Heavy Metal, anyway. You could find Tintin and Asterix at the book stores. But non-Comics code stuff couldn't be full-colour (which is why the original Turtles comics are black and white).
Now? I don't think I've noticed comics for sale anywhere except for the occasional Archie at the checkout stand. And if I owned one of the last mom and pop corner stores, I probably wouldn't carry comics any more either, if I knew that they might slip in Superman buttfucking Batman or something like that.
And the censorship the left is about to introduce is going to make the Code look downright tame and lenient.
I don't think they really censored ANYTHING. Heavy Metal came to North American shores in 1977, and it was sold up with the Playboys and Penthouses, while the "regular" Comics Code comics were available on the bottom row right below, literally everywhere magazines were sold, you could find comics. Adult comics were harder to find, but they existed, even though, as I said, comics weren't really aimed at adults in North America .. until the aforementioned Heavy Metal, anyway. You could find Tintin and Asterix at the book stores. But non-Comics code stuff couldn't be full-colour (which is why the original Turtles comics are black and white). Now? I don't think I've noticed comics for sale anywhere except for the occasional Archie at the checkout stand.
And the censorship the left is about to introduce is going to make the Code look downright tame and lenient.